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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by adding
5Sections 12-661, 12-662, 12-663, 12-664, 12-665, 12-666,
612-667, 12-668, 12-669, 12-670, 12-671, and 12-672 as follows:
 
7    (735 ILCS 5/12-661 new)
8    Sec. 12-661. Short title. Sections 12-661 through 12-672
9may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments
10Recognition Act. In those Sections, "this Act" means the
11Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
 
12    (735 ILCS 5/12-662 new)
13    Sec. 12-662. Definitions. In this Act:
14    "Foreign country" means a government other than:
15        (A) the United States;
16        (B) a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or
17    insular possession of the United States; or
18        (C) any other government with regard to which the
19    decision in this State as to whether to recognize a
20    judgment of that government's courts is initially subject
21    to determination under the Full Faith and Credit Clause of
22    the United States Constitution.

 

 

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1    "Foreign-country judgment" means a judgment of a court of a
2foreign country.
 
3    (735 ILCS 5/12-663 new)
4    Sec. 12-663. Applicability.
5    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), this
6Act applies to a foreign-country judgment to the extent that
7the judgment:
8        (1) grants or denies recovery of a sum of money; and
9        (2) under the law of the foreign country where
10    rendered, is final, conclusive, and enforceable.
11    (b) This Act does not apply to a foreign-country judgment,
12even if the judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of
13money, to the extent that the judgment is:
14        (1) a judgment for taxes;
15        (2) a fine or other penalty; or
16        (3) a judgment for divorce, support, or maintenance, or
17    other judgment rendered in connection with domestic
18    relations.
19    (c) A party seeking recognition of a foreign-country
20judgment has the burden of establishing that this Act applies
21to the foreign-country judgment.
 
22    (735 ILCS 5/12-664 new)
23    Sec. 12-664. Standards for recognition of foreign-country
24judgment.

 

 

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1    (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and
2(c), a court of this State shall recognize a foreign-country
3judgment to which this Act applies.
4    (b) A court of this State may not recognize a
5foreign-country judgment if:
6        (1) the judgment was rendered under a judicial system
7    that does not provide impartial tribunals or procedures
8    compatible with the requirements of due process of law;
9        (2) the foreign court did not have personal
10    jurisdiction over the defendant; or
11        (3) the foreign court did not have jurisdiction over
12    the subject matter.
13    (c) A court of this State need not recognize a
14foreign-country judgment if:
15        (1) the defendant in the proceeding in the foreign
16    court did not receive notice of the proceeding in
17    sufficient time to enable the defendant to defend;
18        (2) the judgment was obtained by fraud that deprived
19    the losing party of an adequate opportunity to present its
20    case;
21        (3) the judgment or the cause of action on which the
22    judgment is based is repugnant to the public policy of this
23    State or of the United States;
24        (4) the judgment conflicts with another final and
25    conclusive judgment;
26        (5) the proceeding in the foreign court was contrary to

 

 

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1    an agreement between the parties under which the dispute in
2    question was to be determined otherwise than by proceedings
3    in that foreign court;
4        (6) in the case of jurisdiction based only on personal
5    service, the foreign court was a seriously inconvenient
6    forum for the trial of the action;
7        (7) the judgment was rendered in circumstances that
8    raise substantial doubt about the integrity of the
9    rendering court with respect to the judgment; or
10        (8) the specific proceeding in the foreign court
11    leading to the judgment was not compatible with the
12    requirements of due process of law.
13    (d) A party resisting recognition of a foreign-country
14judgment has the burden of establishing that a ground for
15nonrecognition stated in subsection (b) or (c) exists.
 
16    (735 ILCS 5/12-665 new)
17    Sec. 12-665. Personal jurisdiction.
18    (a) A foreign-country judgment may not be refused
19recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if:
20        (1) the defendant was served with process personally in
21    the foreign country;
22        (2) the defendant voluntarily appeared in the
23    proceeding, other than for the purpose of protecting
24    property seized or threatened with seizure in the
25    proceeding or of contesting the jurisdiction of the court

 

 

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1    over the defendant;
2        (3) the defendant, before the commencement of the
3    proceeding, had agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the
4    foreign court with respect to the subject matter involved;
5        (4) the defendant was domiciled in the foreign country
6    when the proceeding was instituted or was a corporation or
7    other form of business organization that had its principal
8    place of business in, or was organized under the laws of,
9    the foreign country;
10        (5) the defendant had a business office in the foreign
11    country and the proceeding in the foreign court involved a
12    cause of action arising out of business done by the
13    defendant through that office in the foreign country; or
14        (6) the defendant operated a motor vehicle or airplane
15    in the foreign country and the proceeding involved a cause
16    of action arising out of that operation.
17    (b) The list of bases for personal jurisdiction in
18subsection (a) is not exclusive. The courts of this State may
19recognize bases of personal jurisdiction other than those
20listed in subsection (a) as sufficient to support a
21foreign-country judgment.
 
22    (735 ILCS 5/12-666 new)
23    Sec. 12-666. Procedure for recognition of foreign-country
24judgment.
25    (a) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought

 

 

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1as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised
2by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign-country
3judgment.
4    (b) If recognition of a foreign-country judgment is sought
5in a pending action, the issue of recognition may be raised by
6counterclaim, cross-claim, or affirmative defense.
 
7    (735 ILCS 5/12-667 new)
8    Sec. 12-667. Effect of recognition of foreign-country
9judgment. If the court in a proceeding under Section 12-666
10finds that the foreign-country judgment is entitled to
11recognition under this Act then, to the extent that the
12foreign-country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of
13money, the foreign-country judgment is:
14        (1) conclusive between the parties to the same extent
15    as the judgment of a sister state entitled to full faith
16    and credit in this State would be conclusive; and
17        (2) enforceable in the same manner and to the same
18    extent as a judgment rendered in this State.
 
19    (735 ILCS 5/12-668 new)
20    Sec. 12-668. Stay of proceedings pending appeal of
21foreign-country judgment. If a party establishes that an
22appeal from a foreign-country judgment is pending or will be
23taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the
24foreign-country judgment until the appeal is concluded, the

 

 

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1time for appeal expires, or the appellant has had sufficient
2time to prosecute the appeal and has failed to do so.
 
3    (735 ILCS 5/12-669 new)
4    Sec. 12-669. Statute of limitations. An action to recognize
5a foreign-country judgment must be commenced within the earlier
6of the time during which the foreign-country judgment is
7effective in the foreign country or 15 years from the date that
8the foreign-country judgment became effective in the foreign
9country.
 
10    (735 ILCS 5/12-670 new)
11    Sec. 12-670. Uniformity of interpretation. In applying and
12construing this uniform Act, consideration must be given to the
13need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its
14subject matter among states that enact it.
 
15    (735 ILCS 5/12-671 new)
16    Sec. 12-671. Saving clause. This Act does not prevent the
17recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a
18foreign-country judgment not within the scope of this Act.
 
19    (735 ILCS 5/12-672 new)
20    Sec. 12-672. Act application. This Act applies to all
21actions commenced on or after the effective date of this
22amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly in which the issue

 

 

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1of recognition of a foreign-country judgment is raised.
 
2    (735 ILCS 5/12-618 rep.)
3    (735 ILCS 5/12-619 rep.)
4    (735 ILCS 5/12-620 rep.)
5    (735 ILCS 5/12-621 rep.)
6    (735 ILCS 5/12-622 rep.)
7    (735 ILCS 5/12-623 rep.)
8    (735 ILCS 5/12-624 rep.)
9    (735 ILCS 5/12-625 rep.)
10    (735 ILCS 5/12-626 rep.)
11    Section 10. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
12repealing Sections 12-618, 12-619, 12-620, 12-621, 12-622,
1312-623, 12-624, 12-625, and 12-626.